I don’t like the new concurrent plan (FCPS)

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Anonymous wrote:When FCPS pivoted from the choice of hybrid to all DL, parents were told to deal with it.

Now that DL might look different, other parents might have to deal with it.

Oh the irony. 😚

I really don’t think a lot of DL parents care as long as their kids stay home and keep their teachers—this plan does that. No need to pick a fight. The people that oppose it are the teachers that want to stay home all year.

There are a lot of parents who do not like the concurrent teaching idea, because they don’t want their kids to see the other kids in the classroom vs at home like they are. Like you, I think this is the best plan for keeping current teachers’ assignments.

Uh they won’t be seeing them, they don’t see them now, except in breakout groups. Cameras are hardly EVER on.

My kid is in lower ES—cameras are 100% on, because younger kids love to raise their hands and they do not have the ability to type or read the chat.

Well my kid is ALSO in lower ES (2) and children are not ALLOWED to turn their cameras on unless they are speaking. Even in small groups.

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Anonymous wrote:I like it a lot. I hope they get it off the ground.

+1

I emailed my school board members and the at large members and told them this. I'll email again this week and repeat that the concurrent plan sounds good and say how poorly my kid is doing right now, academically and emotionally, with DL.

Cool. I just did the opposite. Not so much as "oppose" concurrent but urged a slow approach that doesn't punish DL kids by taking away their teachers (and some other concerns), as some on here seem to be suggesting. Looks like I'll be doing that on the regular until a decision is make.
Thanks for the reminder.

So that’s what is really going on, dl folks are unhappy. Buckle up folks, it is all downhill for dl from here.

Of course it's downhill. It WILL end at some point, and I'm ok with that. But, in the interim, if you think for one minute I'll accept a substandard DL experience for my child while you rush yours out the door, you can think again.

YES. *standing ovation*

What are you clapping for? By this point, you do realize that parents have no power, right? So even if PP decides to shriek and howl about substandard DL (which all DL inherently is but whatever...), it has all the effect of a fart in a hurricane.

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Apparently VA teachers are up for collective bargaining this year but the Gov still has to approve. Is there any way we can put pressure on the Gov NOT to vote to approve collective bargaining while kids are out of school even when he has said they can open? Just thinking out loud. I haven’t fully sorted out my thoughts and it might be too much pie in the sky anyway - like the Gov doesn’t care what we think haha.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently VA teachers are up for collective bargaining this year but the Gov still has to approve. Is there any way we can put pressure on the Gov NOT to vote to approve collective bargaining while kids are out of school even when he has said they can open? Just thinking out loud. I haven’t fully sorted out my thoughts and it might be too much pie in the sky anyway - like the Gov doesn’t care what we think haha.

You can certainly email him. I’ve done this before.

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/constituent-services/communicating-with-the-governors-office/